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Links to topics including bird watching and bird identification, birding equiptment, Minnesota birds, swan study report, bald eagle nests. Other items of interest are the links to conservation information and its relationship to farming conservation, hunting conservation, and more. The subsection on US soils was created with a novice in mind, dominant US soil suborders with reference maps in .jpg and .gif formats available for viewing.

Timeline of important conservation events. Farming and agricultural methods and their impact on the enviroment in general. Changes in farming practices that have increased conservation efforts locally in the USA, and worldwide. Hunting and fishing and their direct relationship to the conservation movement with the establishment of hunting preserves, funding for protecting lands and waters. Links to the soil information pages are also available here.

Bird watching as a hobby and ideas on making bird identification easy for the beginner. Bird watching equipment tips, multiple uses for birding maps, good bird books for people, minnesota bird lists starting with the common Minnesota birds over three pages, casual Minnesota birds fill up another birding page and rare or accidental minnesota birds on a third. Bald eagle nests counts with links back to the source document divided up by state and listing the numbers of active nests or active bald eagle pairs. A continuous commentary on Crex Meadows and the bird watching there.

Devoted to all that is Crex Meadows, including management over the years, ongoing efforts, and controlled burning practices. Butterflies and other insects found on at the Meadows, plants of the meadows, and birds of the meadows.